Mounting device



May 16, 1933. L, E. D E" 1,908,758

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Patented May 1 6, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LEM E. HENDEE, 0FMILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO LINE MATERIAL COMPANY, OF SOUTHMILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF. DELAWARE MOUNTING DEVICEApplication filed August 26, 1929. serial No. 388,544.

This invention relates to certain newand useful improvements in devicesespecially adapted for mounting fuse boxes and the like from polecarried cross arms or other like supports.

It is customary to hang, or suitably support, fuse boxes and similarequipment from cross arms, andhegztofore all devices available for thispurpose so positioned the boxes on the cross arm that it was necessaryfor a line man to lean out a considerable distance from the pole inorder to reach and open the door of the box to permit inspection orremoval of the .fuse. This practice was objectionable, not only becauseof the also when in this position, he was apt to place a sice thrust onthe open door of the box which very often effected the alignment of theswitch contacts and Otherwise proved un desirable.

It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to overcome thisobjectionable feature by mounting the fuse box in a position with itsfront directed substantially toward the pole to reduce the distance alineman is required to lean out from the pole to open and close the fusebox door and bring the lines of force during opening and closing of thecover more in line with the direction of the thrust.

It is also an object of this invention to rovide a novel adjustablemounting for use boxes and the like which is so arranged that it may beused on either side of the pole and permits the fuse box to be swung toposition its front either toward the left or right, depending upon whichside of the pole it is mounted.

And a further object of this invention resides in the provision of anovel mounting for fuse boxes and the like'which is readily adjustableto permit the angle at which the box is positioned to be adjusted tosuit any particular installation.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, my invention resides in the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafterdescribed and more particularly defined by the appende d claims, itbeing understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of thehereindisclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of theclaims.

In the accompanying drawing, I have illustrated two complete examples ofthe physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to thebest modes I have so far devised for the practical application of the w:

principles thereof, and in which:

Figure 1 is a sectional view taken through a. pole directly above one ofits cross arms and illustrates the manner of supporting fuse boxes andthe like from the cross arm in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged cross sectional view taken through Figure 1 onthe plane of the line 2 2;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary, top plan view ondthe plane of the line 3-3 ofFigure 9.; an i Figure 4 is a perspective view of a modified form ofmounting means.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing in whichlike numerals designate like parts throughout the several views, 5designates a pole or other suitable support to which a cross arm 6 issecured by a bolt 7 extending through the cross arm and the pole, andbeing held againstmovement about the bolt by diagonal braces 7. Mountedon the cross arm outwardly of the pole is a pair of fuse boxes 8 ofconventional construction, supported by an improved mounting devicecomprising a cross arm engaging section 9 and a section 10 carried bythe fuse box.

The section 9 consists of two substantially right angle members 11 and17, connected by a bolt 15 to form an inverted U-shaped section adaptedto be engaged over the cross arm. The ends 13 and 16 of the horizontallegs of the members 11 and 17, respectively, are preferably raised, asat 14, to accommodate the head of the bolt 15, and the apertures thereinthrough which the bolt passes are elongated to permit the distancebetween their respective vertical legs12 and 18 to be adjusted to thewidth of the cross arm.

Screws 11' assed through holes in both legs of the member 11 arethreaded into the cross arm to secure the section 9 thereto, and thelower portion of the vertical arm 18 of the member 17 is directedlaterally, as at 19, to be connected with the fuse box carried section10.

The fuse box carried section of the mounting device comprises twosimilar right angles members 20 secured to the back of the box withtheir horizontal legs spaced to receive the end portion 19 of thesection 9 therebetween, by bolts'21 embedded in the back of the box andpassed throu h openings in the vertical legs of the mem rs 20, the outerends of which have nuts 22 threaded thereon to clamp the angle members20 to the rear wall of the box.

With the laterally directed end portion 19 between the horizontal legsof the angle members 20, a bolt 23 is passed through aligned aperturestherein to adjustably connect the sections 9 and 10 in any desiredposition of angular adjustment within a radius of approximately ninetydegrees, defined by the diagonally cut sides 24 of the portion 19abutting the back of the box.

With this device, the fuse box may be readily adjusted to position 'itsdoor 25 toward the pole, so that a line-man standing upon the pole neednot lean out dangerously far and also by positioning the boxes wit theirdoors faced toward the pole side-thrust will be practically eliminated.

In the modified structure disclosed in Figure 4, a more rigid support isobtained, but only two positions of angular adjustment are afforded. Inthis construction, the laterally directed end 19 of the member 17 isreplaced by a substantially U shaped member 26 having its ends rivetedor otherwise fixed to the vertical leg 18 of the member 17. The closedouter end of the member 26 is substantiall V shaped with the sides ofthe V at su stantially ninety degrees to each other and apertured, as at27, to receit e the mounting bolts 21 carried by the fuse box.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, it will be readily apparent to those skilled inthe art to which an invention of the characterdescribed appertains, thatI provide a novel means for mountin fuse boxes and housin of otherkindre electrical appliances rom cross arms and the like which greatlyminimizes the danger arising from line-men leaning out from the pole toreach the device, and which practically eliminates the imposing ofobjectionable side-thrust onto the doors and other parts of the device.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a device of the class described, clamping members, one of saidmembers having a pluralit of angular faces, means for spacing said acesfrom a cross arm and means associated with the faces for fastening aswitch box or the like thereto.

, 2. In a device of the class described, clamping means adapted to clampto a cross arm, an extension associated therewith, a switch box, meansproviding selectively engageable pairs of co-operating faces between thebox and the extension, whereby the box may be set into any one of anumber of positions with respect to the cross arm.

3. Means to mount an electrical device from a cross arm, comprising abracket member adapted to be fixed to the cross arm and having aplurality of angularly disposed faces, and holding means associated withsaid plurality of faces on the bracket member to support the electricaldevice in any of a plurality of positions between limits defined by theangularly disposed faces, whereby the device may be positioned in anyone of a number of predetermined positions with respect to the crossarm.

4. In a device of the class described, clamping means adapted to clam toa cross arm, an extension associated t erewith, a switch box, meansproviding selectively engageable pairs of cooperating faces operativelylocated between the box and the cross arm, whereby the box may bepositively set into any one of a number of positions with respect to thecross arm.

5. In a device of the class described, clamping means adapted to clampto a cross arm, an extension associated therewith, a switch box, meansproviding selectively engageable pairs of cooperating faces operativelylocated between the box and the cross arm, whereby the box may be setinto any one of a number of positions with respect to the cross arm andmeans for definitely spacing the box from the said cross arm to insure asafe leakage path.

6. In combination with an upright pole having a transverse cross arm, ofa fllSl device for an electric circuit, said device having a membermanually movable in a definite plane, and means for mounting said deviceupon the cross arm on one side of the pole or on the other but in eitherposition with the plane of movement of the manually movable memberextending dia onall with respect to the cross arm and su stantiallycoinciding with the lane of the arm of a lineman supported ongside thepole in the position in which he would stand on spurs or on pole stepsfor the purpose of operating the manually movable member.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

LEM E. HENDEE.

